Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 566 345 787
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.70% 13.36% 13.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.35% 40.59% 46.85%
Number of salaries quoted 250 294 717
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £27,875 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,557 850 1,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.67% 32.92% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 679 635 1,446
10th Percentile £27,350 £26,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £33,850 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.75% -16.82%
75th Percentile £70,625 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex -4 124 £40,000 -5.88% 54
Cambridgeshire +5 122 £60,100 +20.20% 37
Hertfordshire -19 113 £58,750 +6.82% 48
Suffolk +24 79 £67,500 +38.46% 27
Norfolk +2 72 £60,000 +87.50% 21
Bedfordshire +8 53 £14,000 -72.00% 16
East Anglia 0 1 £95,000 +65.22% 24
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 44 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.94%) WordPress
4 9 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 7 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.88%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 77 (13.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.71%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (1.59%) Dynamics AX
1 9 (1.59%) Dynamics GP
2 7 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.35%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (21.38%) Power Platform
2 116 (20.49%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (16.96%) AWS
4 88 (15.55%) Azure AI
5 71 (12.54%) Entra ID
6 27 (4.77%) GCP
7 25 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (4.24%) GitHub
9 23 (4.06%) PowerApps
10 22 (3.89%) Snowflake
11 21 (3.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (3.36%) OneDrive
13 17 (3.00%) Power Automate
13 17 (3.00%) SaaS
14 13 (2.30%) IaaS
15 10 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (1.59%) PaaS
17 8 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 8 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 63 (11.13%) Firewall
2 25 (4.42%) TCP/IP
3 24 (4.24%) VPN
4 22 (3.89%) DNS
5 20 (3.53%) WAN
6 18 (3.18%) DHCP
7 16 (2.83%) Internet
8 14 (2.47%) LAN
9 6 (1.06%) Broadband
9 6 (1.06%) SAN
10 5 (0.88%) Network Security
10 5 (0.88%) VLAN
11 4 (0.71%) DMZ
11 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.71%) WLAN
12 3 (0.53%) SSL
13 2 (0.35%) Wireless
14 1 (0.18%) L2TP
14 1 (0.18%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (19.43%) Power BI
2 80 (14.13%) Tableau
3 25 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 24 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 18 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.30%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.41%) BigQuery
8 8 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.24%) MySQL
10 6 (1.06%) Looker
10 6 (1.06%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.06%) Redis
10 6 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.71%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.53%) Big Data
13 2 (0.35%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (3.18%) Git
2 10 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.24%) JIRA
4 6 (1.06%) MLflow
5 1 (0.18%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.18%) MSTest
5 1 (0.18%) NUnit
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.18%) TestNG
General
1 310 (54.77%) Social Skills
2 66 (11.66%) Finance
3 26 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.06%) Law
5 16 (2.83%) Multimedia
6 13 (2.30%) Public Sector
7 11 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.94%) Publishing
8 9 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.41%) Marketing
10 6 (1.06%) Retail
11 4 (0.71%) Banking
11 4 (0.71%) Legal
11 4 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.53%) Advertising
13 2 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 157 (27.74%) Analyst
2 150 (26.50%) Junior
3 144 (25.44%) Junior Analyst
4 73 (12.90%) Security Analyst
5 72 (12.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 72 (12.72%) Data Analyst
5 72 (12.72%) Junior Data Analyst
5 72 (12.72%) Junior Security Analyst
6 68 (12.01%) IT Support
7 53 (9.36%) Developer
8 48 (8.48%) Ethical Hacker
8 48 (8.48%) Senior
9 45 (7.95%) Architect
10 36 (6.36%) IT Engineer
11 35 (6.18%) Support Engineer
12 33 (5.83%) Azure Engineer
13 28 (4.95%) IT Support Engineer
14 26 (4.59%) Lead
15 25 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (4.42%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.77%) CSS
2 34 (6.01%) HTML
3 24 (4.24%) .NET
4 18 (3.18%) REST
5 15 (2.65%) .NET Core
6 13 (2.30%) JSON
7 12 (2.12%) React
8 11 (1.94%) jQuery
9 10 (1.77%) SOAP
10 9 (1.59%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (1.59%) PyTorch
10 9 (1.59%) TensorFlow
11 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (1.41%) scikit-learn
11 8 (1.41%) SPFx
12 7 (1.24%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.24%) Kafka
13 6 (1.06%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (1.06%) LangChain
13 6 (1.06%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.48%) Cyberattack
2 32 (5.65%) Cloud Native
3 12 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (2.12%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.41%) Clustering
5 8 (1.41%) Low-Code
6 7 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.06%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.06%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.06%) Robotics
8 5 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.88%) PKI
8 5 (0.88%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.71%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 92 (16.25%) Windows
2 62 (10.95%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (1.77%) Linux
4 10 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.59%) Android
6 8 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.88%) VMS
7 5 (0.88%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.71%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (32.33%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (22.08%) AI
3 118 (20.85%) Mentoring
4 112 (19.79%) Business Intelligence
5 71 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (11.31%) Agile
7 48 (8.48%) DevOps
7 48 (8.48%) Ethical Hacking
8 46 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (6.89%) Roadmaps
10 38 (6.71%) Analytics
11 36 (6.36%) ITIL
12 35 (6.18%) CI/CD
12 35 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (6.01%) ERP
14 30 (5.30%) Data Modelling
15 29 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 29 (5.12%) Software Engineering
16 27 (4.77%) Computer Science
17 25 (4.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 135 (23.85%) SQL
2 133 (23.50%) Python
3 47 (8.30%) C#
4 39 (6.89%) JavaScript
5 38 (6.71%) PowerShell
6 19 (3.36%) PHP
7 13 (2.30%) Java
7 13 (2.30%) R
8 11 (1.94%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.77%) C++
10 6 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.88%) Bash
12 2 (0.35%) Bicep
12 2 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 252 (44.52%) Azure Certification
2 73 (12.90%) CompTIA CySA+
2 73 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
3 51 (9.01%) Degree
4 48 (8.48%) CEH
5 44 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (6.36%) Security Cleared
7 31 (5.48%) AWS Certification
8 26 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (4.06%) SC Cleared
10 21 (3.71%) CCNA
11 19 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (3.00%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (2.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 13 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 13 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (1.06%) CCNP
16 4 (0.71%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.71%) DV Cleared
16 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.83%) Accessibility
2 15 (2.65%) GDPR
3 11 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (1.94%) QA
4 9 (1.59%) GRC
5 7 (1.24%) NIST
6 6 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.06%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.71%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.71%) NCSC
8 4 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.71%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 89 (15.72%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (2.65%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.41%) Docker
6 7 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.71%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (6.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.12%) Terraform
3 11 (1.94%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.59%) Ansible
5 4 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.71%) SolarWinds Orion
5 4 (0.71%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.35%) SCCM
7 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.18%) Grafana
7 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 384 (67.84%) Microsoft
2 132 (23.32%) ForeScout
3 26 (4.59%) VMware
4 21 (3.71%) Cisco
5 19 (3.36%) SAP
6 16 (2.83%) Databricks
7 14 (2.47%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.94%) Workday
9 9 (1.59%) Epicor
9 9 (1.59%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.59%) SolarWinds
10 8 (1.41%) Adobe
10 8 (1.41%) Apple
11 7 (1.24%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.24%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.06%) Aruba
12 6 (1.06%) Cloudera
12 6 (1.06%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.06%) Pega
12 6 (1.06%) Veeam